Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-01-29

Mr.. 4. L.. Fuller, senior member OF
the Black Hills Bed Spring Company,
located at Rapid City, who has for the
past two weeks been soiourning in this
city, and its immediate vicinity, thus
sums up his impressions Of the pioneer
city of the Hills:
CUSTER CRY, OAK, Jan. %, 1887.
EDITOR CHRONICLE During the few
days which by good fortune, have been
spending in the beautiful town Of Custer
City, have lost no opportunity to in
form myself concerning its surround
ings, resources and future prospects. /
have endeavored TO obtain as correct an
idea an possible Of the extent and vari-
ETY. Of the valuable metals that are con-
tanned in the amphitheater Of hills that
surround you, and must confess that
| find a much more favorable condition
Of affairs than / had anticipated. The
people Of Custer are to be congratulated
for the fiattering outlook before them.
| From the limited information that
| have of the mineral resources Of the en-
tire Black Hills country | am inclined
TO the opinion that in due course of time
there will be developed in Custer coun-
| ty some of the richest mines of the
Hills, us well as mines Of the greatest
variety of the rarest and most valuable
metals. 1t seems that in the past cir
cumstances have been exceedingly un-
| favorable for miners in this part of the
Hills and being SO remote from rail
road communication, capitalists have
been 10th to make necessary reliable
examinations as to the prominence of
the discoveries. In other parts dn-
scrupulous men have made use of
fraudulent schemes to induce capitalists
TO improbable investments to such an
extent as to render it extremely difficult
to attract men to mines which do actu
ally promise we'll. While there are so
many existing circumstances that hold
back and retard your progress and
development, to one who will take the
trouble to investigate, there are some
very palpable reasons for believing that
the future will see some of the richest
mines in your vicinity. The persistent
manner with which many miners in
your county and in your immediate
vicinity, and men who have had life
long experience in the business, have
stood by their claims-many of them
for ten long years-would indicate no
and there can be no doubt but that the
time is not far distant when the cloud
of difficulties SO long hanging over this
part Of the Hills, will be dispelled, and
you will awake 10 see the dawning Of
great prosperity. In fact the light is
already breaking through the cloud that
will soon illuminate Custer City with
brightness that will be seen throughout
the entire republic.
The persistency with which many
miners have SO long cIung to their
claims, and have made no attempt to
dispose Of them according to the usual
custom Of other localities, is good evi-
dence that such mines promise well.
They have only been waiting for the
advancement of the star Of empire,
knowing full well that it would sooner
or later arrive, and thus afford an OPP
portunity for realizing true value for
their perseverance.
Custer City, situated as it is, in the
very midst Of so many valuable discov-
eries-gold, silver, copper, mica, nickel
all important, and another, tin, as inn
portant to America as all Others its
future prosperity il certainly assured,
and its posi- by way of popula-
ton can scarcely be estimated; and
these are not all that will contribute
the vast quantity Of pine timber, proba-
bly the best in the Hills; superior |
quality of clay for brick and building
stone will be material aids, while the |
agricultural resources for many miles
tributary will cut no small figure. In
deed congratulations are in order i'll |
DSIldil VI CuStcI Slty loI IuS HhJIeIluR
outlook which it sustains. Certainly a
more beautiful spot could not be found
on which to build city than in this
delightful valley, and there can be no
doubt but that Custer City will eventu-
ally become one of the finest and most
prosperous cities in the Black Hills; at
least such is nay wish and expectation.
&. l. FULLER.